Gave d\' Estaing

The gave of Estaing or gave of Labat de Bun is a Affluent right of the Gave d' Azun to Bun in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

Etymology

Estaing , or rather estaïng /esta ŋ/, means pond in Gascon.

The gave was called gave beats of Bun because the valley belonged historically to the communes of Bun for Right Bank and of No for left bank. According to the slope used, one thus spoke about the beats of Bun (i.e valley of Bun) or of the beats of Any . Two hamlets thus named developed there. But it is not any more need to today allot the gave to one or with the other because in 1836, Louis Philippe gathered them by creating the commune of Estaing. The communes of Bun and Any preserved their rights of grazing ground in the valley and every year a festival of the Transhumance maintains this tradition alive.

Geography

The gave of Estaing takes its source around 2.080 m, with the foot of the Pic Arrouy (2 785 m) and of the Lac of the Peak Arrouy (2 376 m), Long Lake (2 326 m) and Lake Nère (2 241 m). It drains the Vallée of Estaing and joined the Gave d' Arrens to form the Gave d' Azun with height of Bun.

Departments and crossed communes

Hautes-Pyrénées: Estaing, Bun, Sireix.

Principal affluents

Upstream of the Lake Estaing (1 163 m):

(G) brook of the Peak Arrouy, 2.3km, in source more precisely of the Peak of Bernat Barrau (2 793 m).
(G) brook of Malh Ardoun, 2.1 km, coming from the Peak Arrouy (2 785 m).
(D) brook of White Garren, 3.7 km, coming from the Collar of Ilhéou (2 242 m).

Downstream from the Lake Estaing:

(D) brook of Aumèdec, 3 km, of Coume Grane .
(D) brook of Laur, 2.7 km.
(D) brook of Bergouey, 3.6 km, of the soum of Goury (2 185 m).
(D) brook of Arrode, 3.1 km.
(D) brook of Arribancie, 4.2 km, union of the brook of Hourques (CP) and brook of Banciole (D).

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